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Social welfare and religion in the Middle East: a Lebanese perspective
- Author:
- JAWAD Rana
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 315p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
The way in which social policy and major religions have interacted in national welfare settings around the world are examined. Direct evidence of the lived experience of social welfare in the Middle East, based on Lebanese case studies and supporting examples from Egypt, Iran and Turkey are reported. Social welfare is explored as a system of provision and a measure of outcomes in Lebanon, with supplementary evidence from the other countries. Discusses how solidarity and social cohesion are understood and experienced in the Middle East. The preceding empirical discussion of social welfare is summarised and a welfare model based on the Lebanese case is presented. The practical implications of religious welfare for social policy in the region are considered and recommendations provided.
Bringing social policy back in: a look at the Middle East and North Africa
- Authors:
- KARSHENAS Massoud, MOGHADAM Valentine M.
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 18(Supplement 1), April 2009, pp.S52-S61.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article examines the evolution of social policy in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) during three periods: the post-colonial and oil-boom period, the post-oil period of structural adjustment, and the more recent oil-boom period. Drawing attention to key factors that shaped both social policy and the region's lack of competitiveness during the current global era, the authors argue for a new social development strategy that would put the region back on a growth path, while also recognizing citizen participation and rights.
Social policy review 12
- Editors:
- DEAN Hartley, SKYES Robert, WOODS Roberta
- Publisher:
- Social Policy Association
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 372p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Collection of essays on social policy with sections on: rethinking policy in the welfare-to-work state; substantive policy developments in the UK; and social exclusion in a global context.